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Way Down West (1927)

59m

Running Time

September 8, 1927
Release Date

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Way Down West (1927)

Name: Way Down West
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1927-09-08

59m

Running Time

September 8, 1927
Release Date

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Plot.

Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. Unable to marry due to their social status, this changes when a bandit attacks the monastery they are staying at demanding the woman's hand. Desperate, her mother promises her hand to whomever manages to defeat the bandit.

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Cast & Crew.

Cho-cho Lam

Cui Yingying

Li Dandan

Hongniang

Ge Lijiang

Li Huamin

Huang Shaofen

Hu Chichang

Hou Yao

Director

Li Minwei

Producer

Wang Shifu

Theatre Play

Yaoting Zhu

Actor

Pu Shunqing

Writer / Assistant Director

Linguang Liang

Cinematographer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 8, 1927

Original Name
西厢记

Status
Released

Running Time
59m

Genres
Romance Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-26

This Movie Is About.

partially lost film

Wiki.

Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西廂記; pinyin: xīxiāngjì), also known as Way Down West, is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao.

The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu.

Originally consisting of ten film reels, only five have survived.

The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.